marriages of convenience

Review: A Bride Most Begrudging by Deeanne Gist

by Keira 06.03.2011

Tobacco brides were sent by The Virginia Company of London to the Virginia colony where men could buy the brides with 150 pounds of tobacco leaves. In the beginning, the brides were spinsters, widows, and orphans, but few women were willing to risk all to come to America. In 1643, more likely the brides were [...]

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Sheik Romance and the Passion of Arabian Nights

by Keira 05.12.2011

There are many fictional desert kingdoms in Sheik romance. In these desert romances the handsome and enigmatic sheik or prince finds love with the white woman for her sass and zeal of life. She is usually American or English. Powerful and very masculine he domineers her despite her Western background. Did you know the term [...]

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It Feels Like Love and It’s Magic

by Guest Blogger 03.04.2010

by Mary Margret Daughtridge, guest blogger and author of SEALed with a Ring Marriages of convenience—romance fans love ’em, but when I tell people who aren’t romance readers that SEALed with a Ring: Sometimes you get a lot more than you bargained for is a contemporary romance with a marriage of convenience plot, you’d be [...]

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